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That were -- are directly linked. they are al qaeda. who essentially planned and led the event. lets remember the key points here, you had 200 trucks mobilized to go do the attack. you had mortars. this is one thing theyve glossed over so far in the article, im not sure what will come in the book. the mortar attack to the annex was precise. they put four rounds on to a target that the best u.s. marine corps mortarman would love to have. this was not spontaneous. this guy was but one of the rebel...

So what they need to determine now, did the six members die in the crash? or is it possible, possible, that they were alive when they hit the ground, that there was a mortar attack, and that they perished in that? investigators are talking to members of another helicopter that was flying in the immediate vicinity. they are trying to see what they can learn. we are told from the one survivor of the crash six u.s. military families, terrible news on this holiday season. but this has been a big iss...

These are the kind of claims they often make. most of the time obviously not true. propaganda. but this is also raising the question clearly was this claim that they shot it down related to the report that it came under a mortar attack? >> and this comes at a backdrop of afghan president hamid karzai refusing to sign an agreement with the white house over long-term troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: thats right. there are now 42,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. they want to get this agreement fo...

Question clearly was this claim that they shot it down related to the report that it came under a mortar attack? >> and this comes at a backdrop of afghan president hamid karzai refusing to sign an agreement with the white house over long-term troops in afghanistan. >> reporter: thats right. there are now 42,000 u.s. troops in afghanistan. they want to get this agreement for a number of troops, probably about 10,000,to remain after the end of 2014. the job of the u.s. troops will be to help trai...

Incident for americans in began stan since the summer last year. a black hawk helicopter down. it happen in southern afghanistan. even though we dont have a full picture, its beginning to come into focus. barbara starr, what do you know. >> good evening, anderson. at this hour military investigators are trying to fir gur what happened. the helicopter, the black hawk went down due to mechanical failure but once it hit the ground, were any of those six military members still alive? they are lookin...

They are looking at a report that the helicopter once crashed came under mortar fire from taliban forces in the immediate vicinity. what they need to determine now, did the six members die in the crash, or is it possible, possible that they were alive when they hit the ground but there was a mortar attack and they perished in that? investigators are talking to members of another helicopter that was flying in the immediate vicinity. they are trying to see what they can learn. we are told from the...

Tyke place at the compound. >> second wave at the annex was roughly 45 minutes after they got back. then you have another lull in the fighting. it appears the mortar attack happened some hours later. >> let me ask you -- >> let me ask you this -- >> i will give you the floor. but congressman nunez came on special report yesterday and suggested there was no lull in the fighting. >> is that your impression of what happened? there were two separate attacks with an hours-long lull in between? >> the...

Tyke place at the compound. >> second wave at the annex was roughly 45 minutes after they got back. then you have another lull in the fighting. it appears the mortar attack happened some hours later. >> let me ask you -- >> let me ask you this -- >> i will give you the floor. but congressman nunez came on special report yesterday and suggested there was no lull in the fighting. >> is that your impression of what happened? there were two separate attacks with an hours-long lull in between? >> the...

Fundamentally political decision purely on management grounds. >> the state department told fox news that these questions are dealt with in the accountability review board, there is no reference specifically to that memo. jenna: what about the cia? how is this a a promising to move this investigation along? >> fox news has confirmed first reported by the wiki standard, this will be available to committee investigators and the attorney general for what has publicly honored the men who died in a m...

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